scenario

Definitions of scenario
  1. noun
    a written version of a play or other dramatic composition; used in preparing for a performance
    synonyms: ledenlijst, script
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    libretto, operatekst
    the words of an opera or musical play
    draaiboek
    an outline or synopsis of a play (or, by extension, of a literary work)
    filmscenario, filmscript
    a script for a film including dialogue and descriptions of characters and sets
  2. noun
    a particular orthography or writing system
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    spijkerschrift
    an ancient wedge-shaped script used in Mesopotamia and Persia
    lettergreepschrift
    a writing system whose characters represent syllables
    abc, alfabet
    a character set that includes letters and is used to write a language
    doofstommenalfabet, vingeralfabet
    an alphabet used by the deaf; letters are represented by finger positions
    type of:
    orthografie, spelling
    a method of representing the sounds of a language by written or printed symbols
  3. noun
    something written by hand
    synonyms: hand, handschrift, poot
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    brachygrafie, snelschrift, steno, stenografie, stenogram, tachygrafie
    a method of writing rapidly
    kalligrafie, pennekunst, schoonschrift, schoonschrijfkunst, sierschrift
    beautiful handwriting
    gekriebel, hanenpoot, hanenpoten, hanepoot, hanepoten, kladschrift, krabbel, krabbelpootje, krabbelschrift, kriebelpootje
    poor handwriting
    schrijfletter, schuinschrift
    a style of handwriting with the letters slanting to the right
    type of:
    allegorie, schrift
    letters or symbols that are written or imprinted on a surface to represent the sounds or words of a language
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